Charles Ritchie (priest)

Charles Henry Ritchie (1887–1958) was an Anglican clergyman who served in both the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Life[]

Born on 28 May 1887, he was the youngest son of John Macfarlane Ritchie and Ella Ritchie, of Dunedin, New Zealand.^[1] He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School, Wanganui, New Zealand; St John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1910; M.A. 1914); and Leeds Clergy School (1910).^[1][2] He was ordained in the Anglican ministry as a deacon in 1911 and a priest in 1912.^[1][2] His first pastoral appointment was a curate at St. Michael's Church, Chester Square, London, 1911–14.^[1][2] In 1915, he married Marjorie Alice Stewart, youngest daughter of Sir Charles and Lady Mary Stewart.^[1] During the First World War, he served as an acting chaplain for temporary service in the Royal Navy, 1914–19.^[1][2] After the war, he was briefly a curate at All Saints' Church, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1920–22,^[1][2] before returning to England where was a curate at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 1922–27.^[1][2] He served as the Rector of St John's, Edinburgh, 1927–39,^[1][3] and a canon of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1937–39.^[1][2] He was then Archdeacon of Northumberland, 1939–54, and a canon of St Nicholas' Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1939–54.^[1][2] Followed by as a canon of St George’s Chapel, Windsor, 1954–58.^[1] He also served as a chaplain to King George VI and then to Queen Elizabeth II, and a chaplain to Heathfield School, Ascot.^[1] He died in Polzeath, Cornwall on 8 September 1958, aged 71.^[1][4]

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References[]

• Bertie, David M. (2000). Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. ISBN 0567087468.